Whakatane Aquatic and Fitness Centre
Information about Whakatane Aquatic and Fitness Centre
3120, Rotorua
Opening hours
- Monday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Thursday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Friday: 6:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Saturday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
The Whakatāne Aquatic and Fitness Centre includes two spa pools, a hydroslide, a 25 metre indoor pool, a 33 metre enclosed outdoor pool (open year-round), gymnasium, a learners' pool and a 'beach' pool. Aquarobics and swimming lessons are available for members of the public. You can find out more on the Aquatic Centre pages on this site or by phoning 07 308 4192.
Visitors must scan in, and wear a face covering when entering the facility. Once poolside, visitors are to maintain 1-metre distancing from others. This includes when using the swimming pool, hydro slide, fitness centre, changing facilities, and spas.
The Whakatāne Aquatic and Fitness Centre includes two spa pools, a hydroslide, a 25 metre indoor pool, a 33 metre enclosed outdoor pool (open year-round), gymnasium, a learners' pool and a 'beach' pool. Aquarobics and swimming lessons are available for members of the public.
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Our comment from Gimnasios Fitness about Whakatane Aquatic and Fitness Centre:
Whakatane Aquatic and Fitness Centre is a fantastic community facility providing a wide range of amenities for all ages. Visitors appreciate the friendly and helpful staff, as well as the excellent range of swimming pools, including a large indoor lap pool, a baby pool, and fun hydroslides. The aquatic centre is well-maintained and clean, making it a pleasant environment for families to enjoy their time.
Highlights from user experiences include:
- Great facilities for swimming and fitness, including gym access at an affordable price.
- A welcoming atmosphere with polite and attentive staff.
- A fun environment for children, with numerous options for water play and even birthday parties.
- Clean and well-kept changing areas and showers, although some users noted that the showers could be warmer and had issues with pressure.
While the centre has received some negative feedback regarding the temperature of the showers and the occasional crowding, it remains a popular choice for both locals and visitors looking for a great place to swim and exercise. Many users rave about the enjoyable family experiences offered here, making it a highly recommended destination for aquatic fun!
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Whakatane Aquatic and Fitness Centre: Opinions
Fantastic experience: Cheap pool entry heated with spa
Positive experience: Good gym considering the small size, casual entry which is ideal when traveling through, lots of pool options, small cafe, staff reasonably friendly, easy parking
Negative experience: Dirty indoor pool - so gross looking at hairballs and stuff on bottom of the pool as well as bits of goodness knows what floating around. Seems like ineffective filtering and water treatment.
Fantastic experience: Nice place most public holiday is closed especially Christmas and New Years time
Negative experience: My son was injured by the hydroslide and when I let the staff know that they should check for damage on the slide, I was met with a negative response and no empathy. Rules are great for adults but kids dont read them guys. Work it out.
Positive experience: We attended a birthday party in the little room there. It's close to the pools so we could watch the children swimming.
Fantastic experience: Wonderful facilities and welcoming & friendly staff.
Positive experience: Great to see the new upgrades
Fantastic experience: Great place, clean and tidy. Nice pools n spas. Showers a little lightweight on heat.
Fantastic experience: I enjoy swimming here i enjoyed the 33M pool as its 2.7M deep and i love deep water the Hydroslide was fun the Spas are so relaxing they are nice and warm and i enjoy the 25M Pool and its nice and deep and i enjoy it all i will defintely return again sometime
Fantastic experience: Enjoyed swim and spa. Friendly staff. Good price if retired.
Fantastic experience: I attend the Aquatics gym & its a great atmosphere to workout. I love that there is pool & spa access included in my membership. :)
Fantastic experience: Great place for a swim and to use the gym and hot pools. Also have an outdoor pool
Positive experience: Loving the encouragement from all..
Positive experience: Customer services from the desk was awkward, you say hi they don't say anything back lol but other than that the life guards and the boss are super cool.
Fantastic experience: Affordable and kids always have a blast
Fantastic experience: wir waren hier zum duschen und ich muss sagen ich liebe den Ort! Der Preis ist fair, die Leute sind nett und die duschen sind sauber und warm!
Fantastic experience: wir waren hier zum duschen und ich muss sagen ich liebe den Ort! Der Preis ist fair, die Leute sind nett und die duschen sind sauber und warm!
Fantastic experience: wir waren hier zum duschen und ich muss sagen ich liebe den Ort! Der Preis ist fair, die Leute sind nett und die duschen sind sauber und warm!
Negative experience: We paid for 10 days and we had a horrible experience, the staff threw water with the hoses on our feet at 6 pm and a woman hit the shower and yelled at us for 5 minutes from the moment we went in to shower. I would like to never go back but there are few options being a backpacker
Fantastic experience: $2 for unlimited hot water showers - ideal for campers. Staff were lovely! P.s. if camping go to ohope beach, the very far end going south, better spot to freedom camp than the other two nearby!
Fantastic experience: Great for children, heated swimming pools and kids pool and paddle pool hydroslide was fun too
Fantastic experience: Great place. Swimming, gym, spa pools
Fantastic experience: Great place. Swimming, gym, spa pools
Positive experience: As l live in my camper, aquatic centres are great for a shower and a spa. This one is situated well with huge area adjacent for Kya's dog exercise.
Fantastic experience: Always polite staff ,lovely and clean love being able to enjoy my space .
Fantastic experience: Relaxing with more feeling realxed with family, whanau, friends
Negative experience: Ik denk dat men op Antarctica dit water nog koud zouden vinden. Mijn god, wat koud. De douches waren nog kouder. Lijkt wel ijswater. Geen aanrader.
Positive experience: Pool was great, not too cold, plenty of lanes even though it wasn't too busy. Minus one star for the atrocious showers though. Absolutely freezing, pressure too high, and wouldn't turn back on after turning off. Was a little impressed the pipes didn't freeze over...
Fantastic experience: Popped in for a $2 shower, everything was great!
Positive experience: Great place to relax with family... Can get rather warm/humid inside.. plenty of lifeguards available and friendly staff
Fantastic experience: Great place for the kids to learn to swim. Nice place for having playdates as well. Great, helpful and friendly staff
Thank you for your amazing feedback, and are so happy you enjoy your visits with us!! See you next time! - Whakatane Aquatic Centre team
Fantastic experience: Afternoon swim in the 100m pool. Water clean and not too busy. Great venue.
Fantastic experience: First time going..googled facility on line..drove from Tauranga. On arrival, the kiddy pool was unavailable and the hydroslide closed!..still had a great time..plenty of pool noodles for younger swimmers, great amount of life guards..was lovely 3 hours. Also very clean changing facilities.
Positive experience: Awesome place
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review, we are so pleased you find the place awesome! We hope to see you again soon - The Whakatane Aquatic Centre team
Fantastic experience: Awesome
Thank you Nasir for taking the time to leave us this 5 star review, we are so pleased to hear you found our Centre awesome and that you were happy with the service!Looking forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: Perfect
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this 5 star review and leaving us a kind word! We are so pleased to hear that you were happy with the service and enjoyed your time at the Centre.Looking forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: Enjoyed the pools with whanau
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this high review and we are so happy that you and your whanau enjoyed your time Whakatane Aquatic Centre. We hope to see you all back here again soon!The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: Very good service
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this 5 star review, we are so please to hear that you were happy with the service. Looking forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Negative experience: Really stuffy and hot in here!!!
Fantastic experience: Great venue with lots to do
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this 5 star review! We are very happy to see that you enjoyed your time at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre. We hope to see you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: A great resource. Thank you whakatane
Thank you Louise for leaving us a 5 star review, and we are so pleased to see that you enjoy the Whakatane Aquatic Centre. We look forward to seeing you again soon!The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: Great facility for Whakatane. The staff is super friendly.
Thank you Dani for your review and we are so pleased you enjoyed the facility and our staff! We hope to see you again soon - The Whakatane Aquatic Centre team
Fantastic experience: Good friendly staff. Life guards alert.
Thank you Gus for taking the time to leave us this high review! We are pleased to see that you found the staff to be friendly and happy with the alertness of our lifeguards. We look forward to seeing you next time! The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: Great customer service with awesome facilities
Thank you Phillip for taking the time to leave us this high review and to let us know what you enjoyed about the centre! We are pleased that you were happy with the customer service and enjoyed the facilities. We look forward to seeing you again soon!The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: Great park, Aquatic centre as well good playground for little ones.
Thank you Sandra for leaving us a 5 star review, we are so pleased to hear that you were happy with the Centre and enjoyed the playground and park on our doorstep!We look forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Positive experience: The water was warm everything was clean and not too crowded
Thank you Carol for leaving us a great review, we are very pleased you enjoyed your time with us and thank you for the feedback! We love to know what we can do to ensure all our customers have the best experience. Looking forward to seeing you again soon!The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Positive experience: We just picked the wrong day, no outside pool. No hydra slide. Otherwise. Kids had a beaut day
Positive experience: Great place to have a birthday party for kids. Playground and area to eat and have a BBQ. The aquatic centre is fantastic for children.
Thank you Kennedy for taking the time to leave us this awesome review, we are so pleased to hear that you and the kids enjoyed your experience with us!Looking forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Positive experience: Community aquatic centre with basic amenities and gym. Pretty limited parking for size of the place. Standard big indoor lap pool sectioned off for various activities and free-swimming along with your typical indoor hydroslides and family spa. Facilities are getting pretty tired guys! Changing rooms are getting to that ew stage. Not enough for the amount of patrons and the showers are cold with no pressure, on silly old timers and are dirty with no dry storage or shaving outlets at the vanities.
Fantastic experience: Excellent community sports centre. We paid an inexpensive casual fee to use the gym and the swimming pools. The range of facilities were great, and the staff were friendly. Would highly recommend coming here, suitable for all ages.
Thank you Ryan for your incredible review, we are so happy that you enjoyed your time here at the centre and enjoyed the range of facilities we have on offer! We take pride in ensuring that our staff are friendly and approachable and that all of our guests feel welcome, so we are pleased to see that you found the staff to be friendly. We can't wait to see you again!The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Positive experience: Disappointed that I had to pay a spectator fee to keep a watch over my grandchildren. Parents can make that decision, some sat in cars. For me my responsibility for 3 aged 9 to 11. Accidents can happen and have
Thank you Robyn for your feedback. We will review our spectators fee as we really appreciate it when caregivers are actively supervising their children! Thanks again - the team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: I swim there that’s why I like it
Thank you Gurpreet for your feedback! We love knowing that you enjoy your time at the centre and want to thank you again for taking the time out of your day to rate us. See you next time :)- Whakatane Aquatic Centre team
Positive experience: Awesome hydroslide for kids and adventuring adults
Thank you Helen for taking the time to leave us this review! We are happy to hear that you loved the hyrdro-slide, it is great fun! We look forward to seeing you again soon!The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Negative experience: Has a strong auora, workers are polite showers are difficult to use though.
Thank you for your feedback! We are reviewing the shower layout and may look to upgrade. Thanks again - the team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Positive experience: Kids always have a great time coming here, the spa pools are great. Prices very affordable for families. The showers and changing rooms however could be improved. Otherwise highly recommend
Thank you for your feedback and we are so happy the the kids love coming here! In terms of the showers and changing rooms we are reviewing the layout and may look to upgrade. Thanks again - the team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: This place is so cool, and such good value for money! For $10 a week, you get full use of the swimming pools and the gym facilities. Full support and professional advice is available upon request.
Fantastic experience: Beautiful staff, lovely venue the spa pool was nice how you could watch everyone. The outdoor covered pool was GREAT for my big body, having those stairs sure did help getting in and out of the water instead of struggling up the ladder lolz. Can't wait to come back and bring my whanau here!!!! They even have a bombing area!
Thank you Marz for your amazing feedback!We are so delighted to see that you enjoyed your time and thank you for pointing out out friendly staff! We also love the stairs into our spa area too - it makes things a lot easier! We cant wait to see you and your whanau here next time :)Take care,Whakatane Aquatic team
Fantastic experience: Great facilities.
Fantastic experience: Amazing place and awesome staff,and great price only 3bucks spa included!!!!go there everyday its my Happyplace
Fantastic experience: Excellent service very friendly attendees always there to help
Thank you Edward for taking the time to leave us this amazing review!We are so pleased that you found the service excellent and for pointing out the friendly environment we have here at the centre - we feel very fortunate with our staff and customers!!Take care,Whakatane Aquatic centre team
Fantastic experience: Really great fun for the kids, hydro slide a bonus.
Fantastic experience: Mokos love it
Fantastic experience: Thank you to all the instructors who work hard with our tamariki to ensure our tamariki have their basic skills in water safety, simply the best :)
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this 5 star review, we are so pleased to hear that you were happy with the service!Looking forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: Facilities are well looked after and very clean - I will be back!
Thank you Adrian for taking the time to leave us this 5 star review, we are so pleased to hear that you were happy with the service and found our facilities very clean!Looking forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: If you time it good the pools are empty.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us this 5 star review, we are so pleased to hear that you were happy with the service!Looking forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Positive experience: It was great also there wasn't many people there so had most of the pool to ourselves
Thank you Wendy for taking the time to leave us this awesome review, we are so pleased to hear that you were happy with the service! We love to know what we can do to make the experience great for all of our customers. Looking forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Positive experience: I go and use the pools, great place
Thank you Mary for this wonderful review, we are so pleased to hear that you enjoy your time with as at the Centre! Thank you for your feedbackLooking forward to seeing you again soon,The team at the Whakatane Aquatic Centre
Fantastic experience: What a lovely place to be with the children
Fantastic experience: Awesome
Fantastic experience: Good kil gym set up
Negative experience: Wasn't there
Thank you for your feedback, we'd love for you to visit us sometime!
Positive experience: Great swim
Positive experience: Nice for childern
Positive experience: Need another hydro slide...line too long
Positive experience: Lanes sometimes over booked but excellent facility
Positive experience: Very busy. Lots of people Good place to go.
Positive experience: We've had better swims there very weary after girl almost drowning there
Positive experience: Great fun for the kids , good facilities
Positive experience: An impressive aquatic facility. Suitable all ages. Includes saunas. Discounts for long term subscriptions.
Positive experience: Love coming here. Although counter staff always seem really grumpy and the live guards are very friendly.
Positive experience: Other then the 16minitz of working out my phone got stolen ..PMO .. Good atmosphere, not a beauty pageant like some gyms around here
Fantastic experience: Took youth there for their swimming badge. Pools were nice and clean. Staff very helpfull.
Fantastic experience: Good place for the kids, cheap entry and heaps of fun
Fantastic experience: Love the customer service here! The team is so friendly and the cleanliness of the facility is a very high standard
Fantastic experience: Kids love this place. Like the new cafe addition to keep spectators happy!
Fantastic experience: Fantastic friendly staff. Complex is very clean. Coffee is great
Fantastic experience: Organized , clean, good price, and kids loved it....good day out
Fantastic experience: Son loved it! Especially the water slide Good prices, and has a cute little tuck shop that sells yummy smoothies too!
Fantastic experience: Awesome swim club and coach. Gym membership is great too
Fantastic experience: Great place enjoy going in the morning for a swim
Fantastic experience: Fun for the family.
Positive experience: Staff very helpful
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Positive experience: It caters for all ages and then you've got the spa
Positive experience: Good pool. Way too expensive to use the gym as a visitor
Positive experience: Was here for a Masters swim meet. Friendly staff and plenty of parking be it that you have to walk a little way from some.
Positive experience: Warmup the day nicely. Awesome facility and better staff.
Fantastic experience: Had our nephews birthday here! First whanau to hire out the newly developed area out the front! Catered for our needs. Bbq also provided by the centre.. Should definitely consider hiring out tables, chairs and gazebo (raising the hirage fee of course) for this area to prevent whanau back and forth trips to bring thier own. Gardens are lovely touch to the atmosphere (whanau could possibly use these for decorating purposes) ie: dinosaur/fairies theme (putting dinosaurs/ fairies in there to vamp up the theme) the choices are limitless. Kids loved being able to go swimming with their birthday pass bands all day but should be able to pay that little extra for hydroslide access. Another idea would be to put the tables together at the end so they can be used as one instead two seperate, just makes easier setting up for functions. Overall great experience for first timers. Here are some pics i took whilst we were here.
Fantastic experience: Great place exceptional staff friendly and let us have the slide kids and I had a ball. Great time
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